Life is full of firsts. You know your first steps, your first crush, your first fight,... And we live in a world which is all about being first. The first guy to fly the plane, the first guy to ride a car, etc. No one seems to remember the guy who was second. Who cares about him yaar? he's the perpetual bride's maid, the guy who never made it and then there's edwin aldrin.
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin is the guy who was the second man on the moon. Imagine sitting in that small little Lunar module with the computing power of today's casio calc, not knowing whether you are going to ever go back to earth and watching while you see Neil Armstrong land his foot on the moon. That must've hurt. Well the inside story is that they flipped a coin to see who'd set foot first but the coin never landed so Mr. Armstrong pulled rank and walked on the moon or was it a grand set in Texas.
The world is full of Edwin Aldrins. The guys who just missed being CEOs. The guy who just lost the race. the guy who just lost wimbledon and unlike Mr. Aldrin they are forgotten much faster. We are a world who works like a Pyramid. There has to be an apex. A leader, a king. The greeks began democracy as a rule by many, but today we still need a figurehead, a president/Prime minister to lead the country. It's not that he alone can do anything, but we as a race need someone to idolise, someone to berate.
It's really not bad to be an Aldrin. Not everyone can be an Armstrong (be it Neil or Lance). If you've been to Mumbai during Gokulashtmi, you've probably seen the human pyramid of people. I've been part of that. The tallest and strongest generally form the base. It's generally the scrawniest who climbs up and braks the handi. Every Pyramid needs that strong base and yet it's always the hindi film hero who breaks the handi whereas logically he'd be much more useful downstairs.
The egyptians knew what they were doing when they made the pyramids. It's the ultimate structure of power. They like all of us know that it's the top that counts. The world is choc - a -bloc full of people in the pyramid. It's the top who every1 knows.
So think about it, it's really not being an Aldrin. Actually it would be great to be him. You really need the peole who support the top. Who help the guy on top being who he is. So go ahead and don't feel bad about being that number 1. It's OK. There's always place for an Aldrin. Though if it's all the same I'd rather be Armstrong :)
- Pranay
P.S. any1 remember the 3rd guy who was orbiting the moon. Scott something I believe.
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